— Who We Are

A little about us…

Welcome to our flight center

Located at Cranfield Airport, CFS is one of Europe’s oldest Commercial Flight Centers. The school is open to all and has free parking. It offers great views of the runway, as well as  tea/coffee/hot chocolate and snacks. All students receive personal one-to-one instruction by some of the most experienced instructors in the UK.

Cranfield Flying School is the largest and longest established flying school at Cranfield Airport.  The airport has a worldwide reputation for flying training and aviation education and is one of the best equipped in the UK, with the facilities to handle training to the highest level. We have full instrument landing capabilities (DME, ADF and GNS approaches) and a long, well maintained, tarmac runway.  Our team of passionate flying instructors are among the best in the UK and our fleet is tailored to training pilots from first Pilots Licence (PPL or LAPL) through to Airline Transport Pilots Licence (ATPL).
The airfield and school is a situated on the same site as Cranfield University, famous around the world for its teaching of Aeronautical science and technologies.
Cranfield is ideally located for access from all parts of the county with easy road access (10 minutes for j13 of the M1) and 20 minutes taxi ride from Milton Keynes or Bedford railway stations.
The school occupies the lower floors of the building next to the control tower at Cranfield airfield so we are very easy to find. Just google ‘Cranfield Flying School’ and google maps will bring you to our front door.
The building was specifically designed and built to operate as a flying school with seven classrooms for ground school teaching in classes up to twenty.
1 +

years of experience.

Whether you aim to obtain a private pilot license for recreational flying or desire a commercial pilot license for a career in aviation, our expert instructors will guide you through the necessary flight hours and theoretical knowledge required to achieve your goals.

Meet our Team

Instructors at our school are highly professional and maintain an excellent reputation.

Our team

Chief Flying Instructor
Lee Merritt
Head of Training
Donald Putnam
Deputy Head of Training
Graham Mcfarland

Our Fleet

We have aircraft for all of your training needs

Our Fleet

PPL

PA28

CPL

Pa28R

MEP

pa44

How to find us

Building 187
Cranfield Airport, Wharley End
Cranfield, Milton Keynes
Bedfordshire
MK43 0JR
United Kingdom

Working Hours
Monday
08:30AM - 05:30PM
Tuesday
08:30AM - 05:30PM
Wednesday
08:30AM - 05:30PM
Thursday
08:30AM - 05:30PM
Friday
08:30AM - 05:30PM
Saturday
08:30AM - 05:30PM
Sunday
08:30AM - 05:30PM